[romefloydhumanesocietychairs] Re: New Email List
- From: BWTerry2575@xxxxxxx
- To: romefloydhumanesocietychairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 19:15:46 -0400 (EDT)
Acknowledged. benny
In a message dated 3/16/2014 2:32:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dwoodrick@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Hi Everyone!
I wanted to talk a bit about our newest feature at the Rome Floyd County
Humane Society.
I’ve been working for the past few weeks on building a user-friendly, easy
to use, and cost effective solution for a mailing list/newsletter for us.
Our old system was ineffective, cumbersome and had a host of problems. I
thought I’d start off by going through some questions and answers about the
new list and how I plan to use it.
Q: What is this new email list thingy?
A: This is an email list/newsletter. Basically it’s a way for us to keep
in touch with members and non-members alike.
Q: How often are you going to email them?
A: Right now, I’m planning on once a week. Sometime Friday or Saturday. We’
ll see how it goes.
Q: Who’s going to get these emails?
A: I’m starting the list with all current members, members whose
membership have lapsed in the past couple of years, and folks who have shown
an
interest. This list will be open to the public, and anyone can sign up or sign
out if they wish.
Q: Can anyone post to this list?
A: No, all post are moderated. That means that only what the administrator
(me) allows to go through, will go through.
Q: What will be in these emails?
A: Below is a basic outline of what I’m planning to do:
Pet of the week
<!--[if !supportLists]-->A) <!--[endif]-->Pet of the week from
petfinder
<!--[if !supportLists]-->B) <!--[endif]-->Adoption info
Events
<!--[if !supportLists]-->A) <!--[endif]-->Upcoming
<!--[if !supportLists]-->B) <!--[endif]-->Most recent
News
<!--[if !supportLists]-->A) <!--[endif]-->RFHS news
<!--[if !supportLists]-->B) <!--[endif]-->National HSUS news
(Condensed from the HSUS emails)
Links
<!--[if !supportLists]-->A) <!--[endif]-->Membership info and renew
link
<!--[if !supportLists]-->B) <!--[endif]-->Volunteer info
<!--[if !supportLists]-->C) <!--[endif]-->Paypal Donation button
<!--[if !supportLists]-->D) <!--[endif]-->Amazon link
<!--[if !supportLists]-->E) <!--[endif]-->Big Crumbs link
<!--[if !supportLists]-->F) <!--[endif]-->Website, Facebook, ect
This is just a first draft, and is subject to change. If you have
suggestions I’m happy to hear them.
Q: Can we add pictures or attachments?
A: No. This is a free service we’re using, and embedding images, or adding
attachments is a no-no. If this goes well, we can always upgrade to a paid
service that will let us do that. For right now I feel this is the best
way to go.
Q: Why don’t we use….
A: I looked into many, many email lists and services including Constant
Contact, iContact, MailChimp, ect, ect. The problem is most of them are fee
based. Right now free is about all we can afford.
Q: When will this start?
A: Hopefully this Friday I’ll send out the first email. I hope to have
everything prepared to go by Tuesday or Wednesday. Welcome emails will start
going out then, welcoming everyone to the list.
If anyone has any questions, or suggestions please let me know.
Thanks!
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